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State of Affairs, How Criminal Justice Reform Efforts Shaped Up After the Election
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Nov 4, 2020
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State of Affairs, How Criminal Justice Reform Efforts Shaped Up After the Election

We look at all that we know about the vote locally, the presidential election and criminal justice reform efforts in CA.

(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on September 28, 2020 shows Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden(L) speaking in Tampa, Florida on September 15, 2020 and US President Donald Trump speaking during an event for black supporters at the Cobb Galleria Centre September 25, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. - At the September 29, 2020 election debate, millions of Americans will watch as the two antagonists -- who depict each other as existential threats to the country -- step into the ring live on television after months of shadow-boxing. (Photos by JIM WATSON and Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON,BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on September 28, 2020 shows Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden(L) speaking in Tampa, Florida on September 15, 2020 and US President Donald Trump speaking during an event for black supporters at the Cobb Galleria Centre September 25, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. - At the September 29, 2020 election debate, millions of Americans will watch as the two antagonists -- who depict each other as existential threats to the country -- step into the ring live on television after months of shadow-boxing. (Photos by JIM WATSON and Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON,BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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State of Affairs After the Election

The Presidential election is down to the wire and we still have no clear picture on who might take the seat. Meanwhile, there are a number of close local races and some propositions have yet to be decided. Nationally, we will look at the state's that are still tight, especially our neighbor Nevada, and how that might be resolved and the surprising way the Latino vote came down across the country. 

Guests:

  • Zach Courser, Co-Director of the Policy Lab at Claremont McKenna College
  • Libby Denkmann, KPCC's Senior Politics Reporter
  • David Wagner, KPCC's Business and Economy Reporter
  • Franita Tolson, Professor of Law at University of Southern California
  • Mindy Romero, founder and director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy (CID) at USC

Election: Criminal Justice Reform Efforts

There are two state props and measure J that deal with criminal justice reform - not to mention a tight LA County DA race that's considered a referendum on reform...so where are these races/ props tracking the day after election and what does it say about where voters minds are after months of protests over social justice reform.

Guest:

  • Priscilla Ocen, Loyola law professor who also served on the Sheriff's Civilian Oversight Commission